Sight-to-Speech Product Authentication

A method comprising:

• creating a tamper-evident component comprising an obscuring mechanism and a printed phrase, wherein the obscuring mechanism obscures the printed phrase from view;
• recording the printed phrase in a database;
• associating a label with the printed phrase, wherein the label indicates at a time of the associating that the printed phrase has not been consumed;
• and
• recording the label in the database;
• providing, after the recording the printed phrase, the associating, and the recording the label, the tamper-evident component for integration into a product;
• receiving a spoken phrase from a first consumer;
• analyzing the spoken phrase;
• generating a notification associated with authentication of the product based on the analyzing;
• and
• transmitting the notification to the first consumer.

An apparatus comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• instruct recordation of a printed phrase from a tamper-evident component of a product;
• associate a label with the printed phrase, wherein the label indicates at a time of the associating that the printed phrase has not been consumed;
• instruct recordation of the label;
• receive a spoken phrase from a consumer;
• perform an analysis of the spoken phrase;
• generate a notification associated with authentication of the product based on the analysis;
• transmit the notification to the consumer;
• and
• transmit an image of the product or a representative product when the product is authentic.

A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory medium that when executed by a processor cause an apparatus to:

• receive a spoken phrase associated with a printed phrase from a tamper-evident component of a product;
• obtain a notification associated with authentication of the product based on the spoken phrase;
• provide the notification in a visual manner, an audio manner, or a combined audio and visual manner;
• and
• obtain an image of the product or a representative product when the product is authentic.